POL SCI 145E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fourth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Palace Of Westminster, Slaughter-House Cases
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Had to do with master and servant. Concerned a chamber made and she was suing over what she was being paid. Washington law said she should have earned more according to minimum wage. They quoted chicago, burlington, and quincy rr v. chicago. Atkins v childrens hospital had been struck down. Master slave case powell, which cites palko v. oregon 1931 (ordered liberty), feeds into. Decided that the liberty that was claimed in double jeapordy was not an ordered liberty. Not even a 4th amendment case and on the basis of that language they held against the plaintiff. Used in wolf to uphold certain freedoms. This week we are talking about federalism : the system by which the federal system sits on a series of states. The states got together and gave certain powers to the government and the federal government has those powers and soley those powers. Criminal law is the most important thing that the states do.
